AMPELIDE^ 



grown best in a compost of two parts sandy loam and one part in equal pro- 

 portions of wood ashes, old mortar, bones, and rotten manure. They are pro- 

 pagated by cuttings of shoots 6 ins. long with a slice of an older branch 

 attached at the base, inserted in a shady position outdoors in October or 

 November ; layering of shoots may be done in summer or autumn ; also by 

 seeds sown in heat, " eyes " in sandy soil in heat, " in arching " and grafting. 



Flowers yellowish-green, small, regular, entomophilous, in a corymbose 

 raceme, opposite a leaf; Calyx minute, mitrseform, 5-toothed, limb wanting; 

 Petals 5, distinct at base, united at apex, thrown off as a small 5-rayed star ; 

 Stamens 5, opposite petals, inserted around a sub-hypogynous disk, anthers 

 versatile ; Ovary superior, style short, stigma simple, lobed ; Fruit a succulent 

 berry, 1-celled, 2-4-seeded ; seeds hard, pyriform, grooved. 



Leaves simple, alternate, 3-5 lobed, variable, cordate at base, margins 

 coarsely toothed, glabrous, pubescent beneath, 2|-5^ ins. diam., stipules scaly, 

 caducous. Autumn tints orange and red. 



A deciduous climber, 20-50 ft. ; easily trained ; tendrils twining, opposite 

 leaves ; Branches woody, tough ; Twigs knotted ; Buds conical, glabrous. 



Found wild in Asia Minor. Has been cultivated for 5000-6000 years. 

 Currants, raisins, and sultana raisins are dried varieties of grapes. 



JAPANESE CREEPER, Vitis inconstans. 



Walls. June. The most rapid-growing plant for covering walls, climbing by 

 means of branched tendrils provided with suckers, which attach the plant so 

 firmly to the surface that no nailing is required. The autumn foliage is a 

 brilliant crimson. It is easily propagated by cuttings from young wood in 

 spring, placed in gentle heat. 



Floivers green, small, inconspicuous, resembling those of Virginian Creeper, 

 arranged in a raceme ; Fruit a small drupe. 



Leaves simple, alternate, very variable, young leaves cordate, toothed, teeth 



mucronate ; older leaves deeply divided into three palmate lobes, coarsely 



toothed, glabrous, flushed with red in summer, brilliant crimson in autumn, 



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